You have probably heard about Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages and how they can transform relationships. This simple concept suggests that people give and feel love in 5 main ways or ‘languages’: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts, touch. Once people understand the concept that some of these ‘languages’ will make an individual person […]
psychology
When your Child Cannot Learn Well: Psychoeducational Testing at Home
After a recent Sylvan Learning Center assessment, we were encouraged to get psychoeducational testing for one of our children. However, the cost was $2000, way beyond our budget. (Note that this is a service provided by independent psychologists who specialize in education, not by Sylvan.) When I discussed that with the Sylvan lady, she said, […]
Review: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
We moms often focus on habits. We try to develop good habits in our children, we use habits to make our homeschools function more effectively, and we harness the power of habit to help our lives run more smoothly. Over a century ago, Charlotte Mason wrote a lot about the importance of cultivating habits in […]